FitnesschickDom’s BodyBlog

 Who says that jus because someone is in shape and attractive that their lives are easy? I am the first to let you know that as fit individuals (which usually means attractive) we are faced with more challenges…that less understood by the vast majority of the population. We are either seen as self-centered, control freaks or we are sought after by some pretty shallow people.

What do we do to protect ourselves from being hurt or stereotyped? I don’t know what the rest of you do but I have taken to being overly caring and obsenely nice. I absolutely enjoy putting a smile on someone else’s face. If I feel myself in a bad mood I just do a deep breathing exercise, paint on a smile an eventually the smile becomes real.

 My downfall is I open myself up to trust many people…too many people and I end up heart broken or mixed up in a situation that I have no business in. In the last 6 months I have discovered this weakness and I am trying to correct it but you know what? It is starting to look an awful lot like the original steretypes of being self-centered. I have chose to be nuetral and keep to myself, thus changig who I am to protect myself from others. This feels like a vicious cycle. Like being stuck in a tornado of emotions and changes.

What to do? I don’t know. I like being friedly and trusting because I don’t feel like there are enough good people in the world. Good people happen to get trampled on. So, I say I will just buil thicker skin and be cautious while being prepared for a stampede.

I am not going to change who I am anymore because there are some shallow users in the world. Pretty girl with a big heart gets abused? No, not anymore but I will not change my nature and become a mean person to ward off predators. Be smart about who I allow into my life but don’t shut everyone out is what I have com up with. I still feel so confused about it because when I was being well….like most guys are and just throwing men to the wayside if there was ANYTHING wrong with them (which let’s face it-that is ALL of them) I was so lonel I couldn’t function. If a gal made me feel bad about being pretty and fit I just cut them off….I had no one in my world at all and was more sad and depressed than EVER. I am learning that changing me for THEM is NOT the way to go. TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME….I AM WHO I AM. I am not perfect but on a quest to find my own version of it.

Thanks for reading and your comments/responses.  -Dom

To some it is totally a no-no and to others there are wide open to anything as long as it equals a good connection. What about those of us right in the middle? It seems a bit dangerous, uncertain, and frivolous to some and to others it seems like it makes all the sense in the world. I have recently fallen from the No, NO, NO category to the Hmmmmm, well….why not? -category. This my short list of pros and cons:

PROS: You have an opportunity to learn about that person before you judgement can be affected by great looks or great sex.

           You can get all your wants, needs, and pet peeves out in the open before you waste valuable time and money going out on a date with Mr/Ms. SnoozeFest.

           You can get so connected that it makes you want to learn everything. it could be a sensory overload. Like how a blind person has great others senses. Not being able to touch can really intensify youremotions

CONS:  You don’t know for sure if they are who they say they are so you have to trust them.

            People can hide whatever they want online. They could be insane, or the oppostite gender of what you think. Again, trust!

            They my be in a different country or state or city. It is harder to find someone because the sea is so much bigger.

I personally think that it is worth a try if you have never considered i. I met one of the greatest people I have EVER met online. He is so awesome (you know who you are HL). It was not planned or on one of those cheezy dating social networks but it was perfect and beautiful and I couldn’t be happier that I opened my scope of what is acceptable. I would have missed out on a very amazing person. You Rock so hard, dude! Aight?

-DD

Soooooo…..I have not been back here in a VERRRRRRRY long time! I started school back in September 08 and with the two jobs, training and family I just had no time to come here. I just caught a small break in the work schedule this week and thought whatan opportunity to update folks on how I am. A lot of you have been keeping up with me. For the friends that stoppoed by and left me messages THANKS. I t reminded me a friend was never TOO far away.

The competition was AMAZING! I felt like a DIVA the whole day! I was streaded the morning of the show….too shredded so I went to iHOP and ate fluffy pancakes with peanut butter…..mmmmmmm! That started my morning! Then I get there and it just kept going my way….until the figure division which I knew I would not win because I was sooooo lean. The girls that won were okay the top 2 girls then 3rd, 4th and 5th…oh! I was really surprised by that. They kept forgeting that I was a cross-over and kept forgetting my number in the line-ups….I doubt they actually even scored me for figure at all. Luckily, that is not my passion! My ROUTINE was FLAWLESS!!!! Once I actually got to DO it! SOOOOO I am standing at my spot at the ready, they have introduced me and all that biz and then they cue me to start but my music never starts. I am sitting there for 30 seconds on a SILENT stage with the audience staring at me…..nerve-wrecking!!!! So they tell me to try again in a few….they let another girl go first. They tell me that my CD will not play and I’ll have to do my rouine without music or to another track like Tracy Greenwood had to do! I worked my ASS off on that routine! I did my own music, choreography, costume! It was all themed….So I am standing in the wings crying trying to figure this out. I am thinking, "I will leave here before I do this routine to nothing or anything OTHER than what I brought! I’m going to LOSE this thing over music!?" Thena light went off in my head and I realized I had the track on my iPod! The high school kids helped get the auxillary going and I was able to get my music bc I thought quickly. The music starts off way too low and I almost miss my Q but I knew the music so well I picked a different cue and went with it! Once I got going there was NOOOOOOO stopping me! It was AMAZING and FLAWLESS! My trainer, Mario Bellando and Shannon Dey were so excited and kept complimenting me. They girls/competitors were awe struck and kept asking me questions…..It was so pleased with the routine. I am trying to find a video. I’ll post it as soon as I find one! So NEW YORK! I am going to Team Universe to compete for my PRO CARD! yay! Well….I can’t write it all in one blog post so I’ll do a Part 2 ;0 I hope you guys and gals have an awesome day! TTYS

Yours Truly,

Dom and to one of you "DD".

Bisous to you, MSL!

So…I am starting to get into competition mode. Some people are long-distance planners….me? I am a crunch-time preparation type of girl! My best work comes out of high-pressure situations which is why I KNOW competiting is PERFECT for me. I have already gotten all my tupperware, basic supplments down to the grapefruit seed extract and I am slowly getting my “cravings out of the way”. I am basically making myself SICK of all the food that I end up craving while dieting. Icecream- thoroughly sick of it! Cookies- working on that. Milk….DONE! Yogurt- still working on that. CORNBREAD I will always miss and crave but I am as close toover that as I’ll ever be. I get compared to Tanji Johnson quite a bit and that is awesome considering she is my ABSOLUTE fave! I can’t wait to meet her and have her watch me on stage! That will be the coolest experience for me and you know somethong funny? I KNOW that is going to happen! Maybe not THIS year or NEXT but it WILL happen. I just know me, I guess. Well, what I am going to be doing is doing a video journal of my Fitness Jourey 2008! From week-to-week I will post frequent progress pics coupled with my diet for that week and how my training is changing. Just to be safe I won’t post any of my routine until AFTER that competition but I am sure you can see why that is I am so excited. I am a girl that is going to the top because I know that we can have anything we want in life if we FIND what that is and do what you have to do to GET there! Thank you guys fr encouraging me on days when I just want to cry and celebrating with me when I am happy and enjoying my natural entertaining nature. I appreciate every single responce I get from you all. Have an awesome week and stay safe… Diet begins 9 weeks out so check back for installment 1 of Dom’s Fitness Journey 2008! I’ll come up with a catchy name for it later;)

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NEW Vid Coming SOON!

I am not very surprised when people say, “I think I saw you at that club” or something like that…..secret? I have not been to a club since I left Las Vegas! 2 years. I used to go clubbing 3 or 4 nights a week, VIP sections, Limos, dancing on tables, drinking and going home at 6am! Well…since I started taking this fitness thing seriously about two years ago…I really haven’t seen fit to go party and drink all night and do the wild girl thing anymore…well…as much( which is probably why I love bodyspace so much) I get to show the woman I used to be…the party girl! I am still FUN and CRAZY and CHARISMATIC and SPONTANEOUS and SEXY and PLAYFUL and FLIRTY and all sorts of things and I love all those things about me! I like me…finalllllly! I love taking pictures…I love being sexy! I love being muscular and flexible and showing the world who I am. I am finally at a point where I am happy with me and you either like me or you don’t and I REALLY don’t care. I would SAY that I didn’t care before but now I am not really effected at ALL….Glass Half Full! Take me or leave me! What you see is what you get! You guys here at bb.com know who I am more than the people that see me everyday. Putting on the work outfit and making cordial conversation and painting on a smile when you don’t feel like it….is the name of the game as a working adult. But here! Here is where I can let Dom come alive and just BE and not worry about it too much. It has been a rough few weeks for me….being home sick and missing my friends and family…my lil sister misses me Soooooo much! sometimes that one message from one of my friends here on BodySpace id enough to make me smile. I am enjoying myself and I am so glad to inspire and encourage and ENTERTAIN! That is what I am….an ENTERTAINER! That is what I was trained to be at The Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts! My teachers would not be the least bit surprised to see that I am one of the most popular people here (THE most popular for the time being-thx guys!) I will post my workout from tomorrow Legs and Glutes! Also, New Vid Coming Soon! Guys….you have been waiting for this one! Let me know what you think! Nite people…gotta beat up my clients early in the a.m.! LOVE MY JOB!!! lol

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I am not very surprised whn people say, “I think I say you at that club” or something like that…..secret? I have not been to a club since I left Las Vegas! 2 years. I used to clubbing 3 or 4 nights a week, VIP section, Limos, dancing on tables, drinking and going home at 6am! Well…since I started taking this fitness thing seriously about two years ago…I really haven’t seen fit to go party and drink all night and do the wild girl thing anymore…( which is probably why I love bodyspace so much) I get to show the woman I used to be…the party girl! I am still FUN and CRAZY and CHARISMATIC and SPONTANEOUS and SEXY and PLAYFUL and FLIRTY and all sorts of things and I love all those things about me! I like me…finalllllly! I love taking pictures…I love being sexy! I love being muscular and flexible and showing the world who I am. I am finally at a point where I am happy with me and you either like me or you don’t and I REALLY don’t care. I would SAY that I didn’t care before but now I am not really effected at ALL….Glass Half Full! Take me or leave me! What you see is what you get! You guys here at bb.com know who I am more than the people that see me everyday. Putting on the work outfit and making cordial conversation and painting on a smile when you don’t feel like it….is the name of the game as a working adult. But here! Here is where I can let Dom come alive and just BE and not worry about it too much. It has been a rough few weeks for me….being home sick and missing my friends and family…my lil sister misses me Soooooo much! sometimes that one message from one of my friends here on BodySpace id enough to make me smile. I am enjoying myself and I am so glad to inspire and encourage and ENTERTAIN! That is what I am….an ENTERTAINER! That is what I was trained to be at The Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts! My teachers would not be the least bit surprised to see that I am one of the most popular people here (THE most popular for the time being-thx guys!) I will post my workout from tomorrow Legs and Glutes! Also, New Vid Coming Soon! Guys….you have been waiting for this one! Let me know what you think! Nite people…gotta beat up my clients early in the a.m.! LOVE MY JOB!!! lol

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So things went well….well…not at first…I had a shaky morning but but 2pm I was tired of being upset and sad so I got out and went to the beach on my Street Bike-Ninja! The weather could not have been more perfect if God had specifically asked me how I wanted it to be. It was like He knew that I needed a perfect day in the water. It was really JUST what the Dr. ordered. I am still trying to figure out why so many people thought I was turning 30 or older. I am kinda flattered on one scale and then not so much in other ways…if someone could explain why i seem 30 something I would LOVE to hear it! lol…it has got to be good;) Anyway I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that send me messages, cards and everything else. I was really surprised to receive ANYTHING from you guys on here….let alone actual gifts. It SUPER made my Birthday! Thanks so much! I have to go to work now but I will get back to everyones PMs ASAP! I didn’t forget about y’all….how could I? Have an awesome day!

I guess I’m just happy to have survived another year of stress and disappointment and competitions. I wouldn’t be able to smile if I hadn’t had TWICE as much fun and good times as bad. I have finally become a Glass Half Full kind of person! For that  I am proud because I am a skeptic and I can be kinda down on myself sometimes. Competing really changed things for me. I am so much more positive and confident and COMFORTABLE with myself! I LOVE my body and I am becoming so at ease with myself and my "flaws" and I am just becoming a happier person. I could not have done it without Fitness and places like BB.com so to all of you that have been chatting with me and encouraging me and being my ears when I want to vent or share my excitement and accomplishments…I THANK YOU! BIG TIME!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! LOL